# noun. - the action or process of moving or being moved. * the laws of planetary motion - a formal proposal put to a legislature or committee. * the head of our commission made a motion that we rewrite the constitution
# verb. - direct or command (someone) with a movement of the hand or head. * he motioned Dennis to a plush chair - propose for discussion and resolution at a meeting or legislative assembly. * a resolution, motioned by Adam Tyler, proposed that members without a CCL could still belong to the association